narcotic
[nɑr'kɑtɪk]
n. 麻醉, 镇静剂

a. 麻醉, 催眠

[医] 麻醉, 昏糊; 麻醉剂, 麻醉



narcotic
[ noun ]

1. a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction

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[ adj ]

1. of or relating to or designating narcotics

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narcotic addicts
narcotic stupor

2. inducing stupor or narcosis

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narcotic drugs

3. inducing mental lethargy

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a narcotic speech

Narcotic \Nar*cot"ic\ (n[aum]r*k[o^]t"[i^]k), a. [F. narcotique,
Gr. narkwtiko`s, fr. narkoy^n to benumb, na`rkh numbness,
torpor.] (Med.)
Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic.
※ -- {Nar*cot"ic*ness}, n.


Narcotic \Nar*cot"ic\ (n[aum]r*k[o^]t"[i^]k), n. (Med.)
A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid
susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which,
in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions,
and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The
best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with
atropine), and conium.

Nercotykes and opye (opium) of Thebes. --Chaucer.